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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466140003321

Titolo

Humanitarian negotiations revealed : the MSF experience / / Claire Magone, Michael Neuman and Fabrice Weissman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Hurst & Company, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-84904-526-7

1-84904-525-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Medical assistance

Public health - International cooperation

Humanitarian assistance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Contributors; List of Maps; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Acting at Any Price?; PART I: STORIES; Sri Lanka: Amid All-Out War; Ethiopia: A Fool's Game in Ogaden; Yemen: A Low Profile; Afghanistan: Regaining Leverage; Pakistan: The Other Side of the COIN; Somalia: Everything is Open to Negotiation; Gaza Strip: A Perilous Transition; Myanmar: "Golfing with the Generals"; Nigeria: Public (Health) Relations; India: The Expert and the Militant; South Africa: MSF, an African NGO?; France: Managing the "Undesirables"

Sommario/riassunto

Published to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of Médecin Sans Frontèires (MSF), this book reveals the realpolitik behind NGO work.